Feed Ontario is a 5-star rated charity with High demonstrated impact. It has above average disclosure with an A- results reporting grade. It has overhead spending and funding reserves within Ci’s reasonable range.

A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 100 Rated Charity.

A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 10 Impact: Canadian Food Banks.

Founded in 1992, Feed Ontario works to address food insecurity and poverty across the province. It supports a network of 140 member food banks and more than 1,100 other groups that help people facing hunger. It also conducts research and pushes for policy changes to reduce food insecurity. According to the charity, over the past five years, the share of Ontarians using a food bank grew from 3.7% to 6.4%, a relative increase of 70%. The increase was steepest among seniors, whose food bank use rose 92% over the same period. The charity also reports that one in three children in Ontario face food insecurity.

Feed Ontario runs three programs: Operations, Network Services, and Research and Advocacy. In F2025, it spent $5.7m on these programs, including $1.6m in grants to its partners.

Operations, Programs and Services is Feed Ontario's largest program. It accounted for $4.7m or 83%, of program spending in F2025. Through this program, Feed Ontario sources and distributes food to its network of 1,240 partner food banks and hunger relief organizations across the province. In F2025, it distributed 16,100,000 lb of food, worth $57m, to 1,007,441 people. Of this food, 57% was fresh or frozen. Among clients, 76% were rental tenants, 51% lived alone, 29% were children, and 23% held a job. Of the $57 million of food, only $22.6 million is reflected in Feed Ontario's audited financial statements.

Network Services accounted for $622k or 11%, of program spending. Feed Ontario helps member food banks build capacity. In F2025, the charity gave $270k in funding to 20 community-driven projects. It also helped 20 food banks become accredited under Food Banks Canada.

Research and Advocacy accounted for $339k or 6% of program spending. Feed Ontario studies food insecurity and pushes for policy change. In F2025, the charity distributed 22,150 postcards, which food bank visitors used to share their experiences with their elected representatives. It also published the 2025 Hunger Report.

Feed Ontario’s audited financial statements follow line-item costing which does not follow financial reporting best practices. This means it does not clearly define which line items in its statement of operations are related to program, administrative, and fundraising expenses.

In F2025, the charity had total revenues of $29.3m. Donations were $4.8m or 16% of revenues. Donated food was $22.6m or 77% of revenues. In F2025, the charity spent $5.7m on its programs. This was 83% of revenues less donated food.

Administrative costs were $285k or 1% of revenues (less investment income). Fundraising costs were $206k or 4% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 95 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

As of F2025, the charity had $5.1m in cash and investments. Its funding reserves can cover 11 months of its annual program costs. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Profile updated by Raihan Firosh on June 19, 2026. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.